Locality, Complex Numbers, and Relativistic Quantum Theory
PSA: Proceedings of the Biennial Meeting of the Philosophy of Science Association 1992:365 - 380 (1992)
| Abstract | A heuristic comparison is made of relativistic and non-relativistic quantum theory. To this end the Segal approach is described for the non-specialist. The significance of antimatter to the local and microcausal properties of the fields is laid bare. The fundamental difference between relativistic and non-relativistic (complex) fields is traced to the existence of two kinds of complex numbers in the relativistic case. Their relation to covariant and Newton-Wigner locality is formulated. | |||||||||
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